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Resolving Disputes Using Binding Arbitration
If you’ve ever been involved with another person in a business, partnership, lease, a loan or joint investment, it always starts out with...
Clare DeGraaf
Jan 31, 20226 min read
Resolving Financial Disputes with Christians
Last week I blogged on lawsuits. This week, I’d like to get right to the issue of how I and others have resolved financial issues outside...
Clare DeGraaf
Jan 24, 20225 min read
Christians and Lawsuits
The couple sat in my office and poured their heart out. Their siblings were tearing the family business apart, sucking a great living...
Clare DeGraaf
Jan 17, 20225 min read
How Far Can a Christian Patriot/Citizen Go to Be Heard?
I’ve watched many videos of the January 6 assault on our capital. I use the word “assault” rather than protests because when people are...
Clare DeGraaf
Jan 10, 20224 min read
Three Questions That Reveal Who and What We Truly Love
Most of the main ideas in this blog are based on a message given by my pastor and friend Jim Samra, pastor of Calvary Church on Sunday,...
Clare DeGraaf
Jan 3, 20222 min read
Teaching Your Children What it Means to be Created in the Image of God
Papa, do we (humans) look like God? That question came up a number of years ago as I was driving with a few of our grandchildren. We were...
Clare DeGraaf
Dec 27, 20213 min read
The Christmas Trap
Peace on earth. Good will toward men. Most Christians were raised hearing the Christmas story and singing all the great songs that bring...
Clare DeGraaf
Dec 20, 20213 min read
God Causes or Allows Some Churches and Ministries to Shrink or Die
Years ago, I was the chairman of a great ministry and several board members suggested setting up and raising an endowment fund to guard...
Clare DeGraaf
Dec 13, 20213 min read
What Is a Church?
Every Christian talks about the church and their church, but rarely do we stop and ask ourselves, “Just what defines a church?” In the...
Clare DeGraaf
Dec 6, 20213 min read
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